Financial Controller (part-time)
Location: GB, LND, London
Employment type: Part-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Certification
Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity
Function: Finance

Company profile:
Based in Hoxton, London, Forward Partners are a “startup catalyst”, combining investment with practical hands-on expertise and insight.We're investors in very early stage ecommerce companies.  Our team have the experience to enable entrepreneurs to succeed.  We do more than advise and mentor. We help the best entrepreneurs quickly find a great product-market fit with our expertise in customer discovery, coding, design, customer acquisition, testing and analysis as well as offering office space.Companies invested in include: Hailo, Zopa, Wool and the Gang, Thread, Big Health, Stylect, Makers Academy, Blik Book, DriftRock, Top10, SnapTrip, Loyalty Bay and Appear Here

Job description:
The team at Forward Partners find, fund and help the very best UK tech entrepreneurs grow innovative businesses in ecommerce. We invest in very early stage companies and some of those companies will join us in our offices for the first year of their journey. During that time they have access to our team of designers, developers, product managers and marketing experts.This is an exciting chance to work in a fun, fast moving environment at the heart of London’s tech scene.  You’ll be working alongside the brightest and the best startup teams on a daily basis. You will be providing support to both Forward Partners’ management company and the startup founders we back.About the role:The main objectives for the management company are:Managing the day-to-day financial operations of the management companyCompiling management accounts and providing related analysisCompany secretarial and compliance dutiesPlus there is also a further objective to:Support startups during their initial setupIt is a part time role, 2 days per week.  We are flexible in terms of how those two days are scheduled although presence at our office is required.Main responsibilitiesPreparation of monthly management accounts, journals, reconciliations and variance analysisWorking with the senior management team on budgets and forecastsRaising sales invoices and credit controlPurchase ledger - timely and accurate payments to suppliersManaging bank accounts and cash managementPreparation of quarterly VAT returnsCo-ordinating the annual audit activityAdministering monthly payroll and year end reports (including P11ds and PSA)Helping the entrepreneurs get set up (for example providing support to register their company, introductions to banks, setting up bank accounts and credit cards, VAT registration, setting up PAYE, finding an accountant, setting up accounting systems and software)

Requirements:
This is the only finance-specific role in our team so you’ll need to be self-sufficient and hands-on.We are looking for candidates with the following characteristics:ACA / ACCA or CIMA qualifiedSeveral years experience since qualification in both small and medium sized companiesExperience in using different accounting packages.  Previous experience with Xero and SageOne payroll would be a bonusStrong MS Excel skillsAvailability to start work in early JulyA pragmatic approach and can self managePrevious experience working with Venture Capital or Private Equity businesses (not essential - but useful)Note...Applications with a CV and covering note will be quickly reviewed.CVs submitted by recruitment agencies will be quietly and politely ignored.We can’t promise to reply to every application.Thanks for your interest.

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